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Friday, October 15, 1965

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The Headlines

STUDENTS AT YALE TO JUDGE FACULTY; Plan Giving Them Voice on Tenure Would Recognize the Effective Teacher Yale to Give Students a Voice In Judging Faculty for Tenure

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Yesterday

The Beatles

The must-have

Operation

On This Day

  • Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bummerfoxhunkscam

Hippie

flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on

Surfer

cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly

Catchphrases of 1965

  • Get Smart

Tech Check

Supercomputer (CDC 6600), Hypertext & Kevlar.

Cost of Living (1960)

Loaf of Bread

$0.20

Gallon of Gas

$0.31

Average Home

$11,900

New Car

$2,600

Time Elapsed

22,149 days ago

(60 years, 249 days)